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Initiate a standard conference call on a Cisco phone
Initiate a standard conference call on a Cisco phone
Issue/Question
I want to initiate an ad hoc conference call on a Cisco phone
I want to make a standard conference call on my office phone
Environment
10716: VoIP
Cisco IP Phone, models 7941, 7961, 7841, 8851
Rationale
Ad hoc (standard) conferencing allows you to create a conference by calling each participant
Standard conferencing allows you to talk simultaneously with up to five other participants
Resolution
Call the first participant
When your call is connected, press the
More
softkey
Press the
Confrn
(Conference) softkey
Call the second participant you want to add to the conference call
When your call is connected, press the
Confrn
softkey again to add the participant to your call
Repeat to add each additional conference call participant
Standard conferencing allows you to talk simultaneously with up to five other participants
Note: When the conference call has been established, you can use the
Trnsfer
function to transfer the conference call to another participant
If you, as the initiator of the call, leave the conference call, the other participants can continue to talk
View or remove participants
As initiator of the call, you are the only person who can add or remove conference participants
If you leave the call after initiation, the other participants can continue to talk but no additional participants can be added
During your active call, press the
More
softkey
Press the
ConfLi
(Conference List) softkey to view conference participant information
Select the name of the participant you want to remove and press the
Remove
softkey
To remove the last participant added to the conference, press the
RMLstC
(Remove Last Conference Participant) softkey
Review the resulting updated list of conference participants
Note
Softkeys are the buttons across the bottom of the LCD screen. Labels are above the buttons and change as you navigate different windows and options. To see additional options during a call, press the green button on the right side of the LCD screen. The
Confrn
and
ConfLi
softkeys are available only when you are on a call
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Article ID:
7326
Created
Tue 6/30/15 2:34 PM
Modified
Tue 8/4/20 10:31 AM
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Check out this knowledge base article I found in the IT @ Miami knowledge base. https://miamioh.teamdynamix.com/TDClient/1813/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=7326 Initiate a standard conference call on a Cisco phone